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| | Address | 101 West Prospect Avenue
Suite 1800 | | Cleveland, Ohio 44115 | | (Cuyahoga Co.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| McCarthy, Lebit, Crystal & Liffman Co., L.P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
Corporate and General Business, Real Estate, Taxation, Litigation, Commercial Banking, Estate Planning and Probate, Domestic Relations, Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights, Intellectual Property and Information Technology. | | Year Established: 1959 | | Firm Size: 25 | Rate Information:
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American Express | | Daniel R. McCarthy (Principal) born Cleveland, Ohio, August 13, 1924; admitted to bar, 1954, Ohio and U.S. Tax Court; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, District of Columbia Bar, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. Claims Court. Education: Western Reserve University (B.B.A., 1948); Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University (J.D., cum laude, 1954). Delta Theta Phi. Co-Editor, Cleveland Marshall Law Review, 1953. Named, Ohio Super Lawyers, 2002-2006. Member: Cleveland, Ohio State, Federal and American Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar. [Sgt., U.S. Army, active duty, 1943-1946]. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Business Planning Law. | | Edward A. Lebit (1936-1988). | | Larry Crystal (Principal) born Cleveland, Ohio, December 16, 1938; admitted to bar, 1965, Ohio; 1969, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Western Reserve University (B.B.A., 1961); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1965). Certified Public Accountant, Ohio, 1965. Named, Ohio Super Lawyers, 2002—. Member: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and Ohio State Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Financing Law; Tax Law; Corporate Law. | | Kenneth B. Liffman (Principal) born Cleveland, Ohio, June 19, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Ohio and Florida. Education: Miami University (B.S., 1976); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979). Named: The Best Lawyers in America, 2006—; Ohio Super Lawyers, 2002—. Member: Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Corporate; Business Law; Commercial Banking Law. Email: Kenneth B. Liffman | | John S. Seich (Principal) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 23, 1949; admitted to bar, 1982, Ohio; 1983, Florida, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., 1971); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1982). Certified Public Accountant, Ohio, 1977. Named: Ohio Super Lawyers, 2002—. Member: Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar. (Certified Specialist in Federal Tax Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Reported Cases: O'Neill v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, 994 F. 2d 302. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Corporate Law; Estate Planning Law; Probate Law. Email: John S. Seich | | Kimon P. Karas (Principal) born Ashland, Ohio, March 1, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio; 1980, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Miami University (A.B., 1974); Ohio Northern University (J.D., 1978); University of Florida (LL.M. in Taxation, 1979). Adjunct Professor of Law in Taxation, Case Western Reserve School of Law, 1992—. Named: The Best Lawyers in America, 2007; Ohio Super Lawyers, 2002—. Member: Greater Cleveland (Member: Taxation Committee, 1982—, Chairman, 1991-1992; Member, 1982— and Chairman, 1991-1992, Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law Section), Ohio State (Member, Taxation Committee; Secretary, Federal Taxation Committee, 1993-1994; Vice-Chairman, 1995, 1996) and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation, 1982—; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, 1982—) Bar Associations. (Certified Specialist in Federal Tax Law, Ohio State Bar Association). Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Estate Planning. Email: Kimon P. Karas | | David A. Schaefer (Principal) born Cleveland, Ohio, May 3, 1948; admitted to bar, 1974, Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.S., cum laude, 1970); Northwestern University (M.A., 1971); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1974). National Moot Court Team, 1972-1973. Listed: Best Lawyers in America, 2003—; Ohio Super Lawyers, 2004—. Associate, Case Western Reserve Law Review, 1972-1973. Instructor, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1988—. Guest Lecturer, Trial Practice, Case Western Reserve University Law School, 1989-2002. Author: "Effective Voir Dire--Some Tips for the Practitioner," Litigation Basics, Ohio CLE Institute, 1998-2002; "Avoiding Malpractice Claims: Help Yourself Because Juries Won't," Vol. 60, No. 4, Defense Counsel Journal, October 1993; "Business Torts & Antitrust," Ch. 20, Vol. II, Business Torts (J.D. Zamore, Editor, 1989); "Low-Cost Shadow Juries," 22 Trial 12, 1986. Co-Author: "Exclusive Arrangements in Health Care: Moving Toward Freedom from the Antitrust Threat?" 33 Federal Bar Journal 327, 1986; "Deposition Strategy, Law and Forms," Vols. 3 and 5, Chapter on Contracts and Corporations, Real Property--Unfair Competition, Matthew Bender, 1981; "Unfair Competition and Antitrust: An Uneasy Synthesis," 1 Litigation Journal, The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers 19, Autumn, 1979. Author: "Proving the Economic Value of a Destroyed Business," 2 Litigation Journal, The Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers, No. 2, Winter, 1982; "Plaintiff's Strategy in Trade Secret Litigation," Litigation 48, American Bar Association, Spring, 1980. Instructor: Research, Writing and Advocacy, 1973-1974 and Civil Procedure, 1977, Case Western Reserve University Law School. Founding Member, John M. Manos Inns of Court. Member, International Association of Defense Counsel. President, Federal Bar Association, Cleveland Chapter, 1992-1993. Chairperson, Merit Selection Panel for Replacement of U.S. Magistrate, 1999. Reported Cases: Gen Corp, Inc. v. AIU Insurance Co., et. al. (2004) 304 F. Supp. 3d 955; Grover v. Eli Lilly and Co., N.D. Ohio (1995) 896 F.Supp. 725; Cabot Corp. v. King, 790 F. Supp. 153 (N.D. Ohio, 1992); Pilkington N. AM. Inc. v. Travelers Cas Sur. Co. (2006) 102 Ohio 5730 482; Wilson v ACE S, Inc. (2006). 1690.App, 3d 720; Boedeker vs. Rogers (2000), 140 O. App. 3d 11; In re: Cuyahoga Cty. Asbestos Cases (1998), 127 O. App. 3d 358; Ohio Savings Bank v. H.L. Vokes Co. et al (1989), 54 O. App.3d 68. Practice Areas: Trial; Contract; Professional Liability; Product Liability; Employment Discrimination; Negligence; Construction. Email: David A. Schaefer | | Richard A. Rabb (Principal) born Cleveland, Ohio, April 30, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Ohio; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Ohio State University (B.A., 1985); Cleveland-Marshall School of Law (J.D., 1989). Named, Ohio Super Lawyers, 2002—. Member: Cuyahoga County and Ohio State (President, Family Law Section, 2001) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Divorce; Child Custody; Juvenile Law; Antenuptial; Commercial Litigation. Email: Richard A. Rabb | | Stuart A. Mintz (Principal) born Cleveland, Ohio, September 16, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Ohio; 1979, Florida. Education: Ohio University (B.A., 1975); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1978). Named, Ohio Super Lawyers, 2002—. Adjunct Professor, Cleveland Marshall College of Law. Member: The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Uniform Commercial Code; Bank Regulatory Law; Corporate Law. Email: Stuart A. Mintz | | Charles P. Royer (Principal) born Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, January 17, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: Indiana University of Pennsylvania (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); University of Pittsburgh School of Law (J.D., 1986). Staff Member, 1985 and Note Editor, 1986, University of Pittsburgh Law Review. Author: "Accord and Satisfaction Alive and Well in Ohio," Cleveland Bar Journal, November 1999. Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. Reported Cases: In re Investigation of National Union Fire Ins. Co. (1993) 66 Ohio St.3d 81; LiCause v. City of Canton (1989) 42 Ohio St.3d 109; Ross v. Belden Park Co., 2001 Ohio App. LEXIS 1862, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Appellate District, April 16, 2001; Willis v. Peoples, 1997 Ohio App. LEXIS 390, Eighth Appellate District, February 6, 1987; Metropolitan Cablevision v. Cox Cable Cleveland Area, (1992) 78 Ohio App.3d 273; American Indoor Soccer Ass'n. v. Capital, 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20914, N.D. of Ohio, Nov. 15, 1993. Practice Areas: General Business Litigation; Enforcement of Creditors Rights; Land Use and Zoning Litigation; Construction Law. Email: Charles P. Royer | | Robert T. Glickman (Principal) born Cleveland, Ohio, June 14, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Ohio; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: University of North Carolina-Greensboro (B.A., 1988); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 1992). Adjunct Professor of Law, John Marshall College of Law. Judge, Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga City, 2001-2004. Special County Prosecutor, Mahoning, 1998-2001. Assistant County Prosecutor, Major Trial Unit, Cuyahoga City, 1993-2001. Member: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, American and Ohio State Bar Associations; William K. Thomas Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Litigation; Professional Malpractice Litigation; White Collar Crime; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Robert T. Glickman | | E. Roger Stewart (Principal) born Houston, Texas, October 19, 1951; admitted to bar, 1998, Ohio. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., Economics, magna cum laude, 1974); Catholic University of America (M.A., Accounting, 1979); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Cleveland-Marshall Law Review, 1996. Member: Cleveland and Ohio State Bar Associations. [Capt., Supply Corps, U.S. Naval Reserve, Retired.]. Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Corporate Law; Partnerships; Estate Planning Law. Email: E. Roger Stewart | | Leslie Erin Wargo (Principal) born Sandusky, Ohio, June 11, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Education: University of Akron (B.A., cum laude, 1997); Case Western Reserve University (J.D., 2000). Phi Sigma Alpha. Member, Craven Moot Court Team. Senator, Student Bar Association, 1997-1999. Recipient: Scholar-Athlete Award; Distinguished Oral Advocate Award. Co-Author: "Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Update," OSBA, Debt Collection Reference Manual, Volume 00-04, 2000. Co-Author: "How and Why to use a Focus Group as a part of Trial Preparation, Cleveland Bar Journal, October 2003. Member: Cleveland, Ohio State, Federal and American (Member, Litigation and Young Lawyers Section) Bar Associations; Anthony Celebreeze Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Personal Injury; Products Liability. Email: Leslie Erin Wargo | | Charles J. Pawlukiewicz (Member) born Grand Rapids, Michigan, December 13, 1946; admitted to bar, 1983, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Murray State University (B.S., 1970); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1983). Member: Lorain County and American Bar Associations. Transactions: Concentration has been in the area of complex commercial business litigation; His litigation practice has allowed him to successfully represent a variety of different clients including judges, physicians, dentists, and other health care professionals politicians, lenders and other business concerns and insurance carriers; Has also litigated many insurance coverage disputes involving life insurance, disability insurance, property and business interruption insurance, homeowners insurance, automobile liability insurance and many forms of general liability insurance including director's and officer's liability, commercial umbrella liability and general liability; Has tried cases in federal courts and in the state courts of Ohio and Michigan. Practice Areas: Insurance; Environmental; General Civil Litigation; Lender Liability; RICO. Email: Charles J. Pawlukiewicz | | Robert R. Kracht (Member) born Mt. Clemens, Michigan, September 26, 1951; admitted to bar, 1983, Ohio. Education: University of Hawaii; Wayne State University (B.S., 1979); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1983). Member: Cleveland Bar Association (Member, Commercial Bankruptcy Division). [Staff Sgt., U.S.A.F., 1970-1974]. Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; Workouts; Lender Liability; Commercial Litigation. Email: Robert R. Kracht | | Christian R. Patno (Member) born Rutland, Vermont, February 15, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Union College (B.A., 1987); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 1990). Member: Ohio State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability. Email: Christian R. Patno | | Andrew S. Perry (Member) born Lakewood, Ohio, September 23, 1968; admitted to bar, 2000, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S., 1991); Capital University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Formerly with Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs LLP, McDonald, Hopkins LPA and Roetzel & Andress LLP. Member, Cleveland Avon Lake Recreation Commission. Member: Cleveland and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate Commercial(75%); Banking(25%). Email: Andrew S. Perry | | —————————— | | Katherine E. Wensink (Associate) born Dearborn, Michigan, November 13, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Michigan; 2000, Iowa and U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit; 2001, Illinois; 2002, Ohio. Education: Purdue University (B.A., 1996); University of Michigan (J.D., 1999). Member: Cleveland (Member, Sections on: Estate Planning, Probate and Trust Law), Iowa State, Illinois State, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Michigan. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Planning; Probate; Pension and Profit Sharing Plans. Email: Katherine E. Wensink | | Eric C. Powell (Associate) born Kalamazoo, Michigan, September 7, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Ohio; 2002, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio and U.S. Tax Court. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., 1998); Ohio Northern University (J.D., 2001); Georgetown University (LL.M., Taxation, 2002). Order of the Barristers. Member, Moot Court National Tax Competition. Associate Justice, Moot Court Executive Board. Former Associate, Miller Mast Ltd. Member: Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Taxation; Commercial Banking; Corporate Law. Email: Eric C. Powell | | Elizabeth A. Nowak (Associate) born Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, January 1, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Ohio. Education: Ohio University (B.A., 2002); Case Western Reserve (J.D., 2005). Federalist Society (Secretary). Participant, Dean Munmore Moot Court Competition, 2003. Academic Enrichment Program Fellowship, 2003. Member, Women's Law Association. Member: Ohio State, American and Cleveland Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Commercial Banking. Email: Elizabeth A. Nowak | | Ann Marie Ahern (Associate) born Dayton, Ohio, February 16, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Ohio, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Dayton (B.A., 1994); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Editor, 1997-1998 and Member, 1996-1997, Cleveland State Law Review; Life Member of the Eighth District Judicial Conference of Ohio. Member: Cleveland, Ohio State and American Bar Associations; Ohio Employment Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chair, Employment Rights Section, 2004-2005). Practice Areas: Employee Rights; Discrimination; Harassment. Email: Ann Marie Ahern | | Stephanie M. Glavinos (Associate) born Mayfield Heights, Ohio, May 8, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Ohio; 2004, U.S. District Court, District of Ohio and Florida. Education: Ohio State University (B.A.,2000); Cleveland-Marshall College of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: Ohio State Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member, Florida Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate Administration. Email: Stephanie M. Glavinos | | Matthew J. Jurkowitz (Associate) born Cincinnati, Ohio, February 04, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Ohio; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.A., History, cum laude, 2003); University of Akron School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Formerly with Goldman & Rosen, Ltd. Member: Ohio State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Law(40%); Commercial Real Estate(40%); Litigation(10%); Mergers and Acquisitions(10%). Email: Matthew J. Jurkowitz | | Daniel M. Singerman (Associate) born Saint Louis, Missouri, November 21, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Ohio. Education: Pennsylvania State University, Schreyer Honors College (B.A., 2003); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 2007). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "It's Still Going to be the King an argument". Author: "The Status Quo in Foreign Read of State Community". Member: Cleveland Metropolitan and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Daniel M. Singerman | | OF COUNSEL | | Jon Fitzpatrick (Of Counsel) born Youngstown, Ohio, June 1, 1936; admitted to bar, 1977, Ohio. Education: The Ohio State University (B.S.B.A., Economics, 1960); Cleveland Marshall College of Law (J.D., 1977). Certified Public Accountant, Ohio, 1964. Chartered Life Underwriter, 1970. Certified Financial Planner, 1999. Author: "Choosing The Best Retirement Plan For The Closely-Held Company," Taxation For Lawyers, September-October, 1985. Money and Marriage, Universe 2004. Member: Ohio State Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trusts; Estate Administration. Email: Jon Fitzpatrick | | Kimberly A. Brennan (Of Counsel) born East Cleveland, Ohio, November 4, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: Miami University (B.A., 1990); Case Western Reserve University School of Law (J.D., 1993). Interim Coordinator, Legal Service for American Jewish Congress, 1991. Member: Cleveland, Ohio State (Member, Board of Governors, Labor and Employment Section) and Federal Bar Associations; Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Professional Liability; Negligence. | | Charles A. Nemer (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio, August 21, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio; 2006, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1983, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio. Education: St. Louis University (B.A., History, 1980; J.D., 1983). Recipient, Distinguished Service Award, Ohio Patrolmen's Association. Assistant Law Director and Prosecutor, Village of Linndale. Vice-Chairman, Ohio Lottery Commission. Member, Cleveland Bar Association. Fellow: Ohio State Bar Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; Ohio Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Title Defense Litigation; Underwriting and Transactions; Business Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Litigation; Criminal Law; Liquor Law. Email: Charles A. Nemer | | Ellen S. Simon (Of Counsel) born Cleveland, Ohio, January 10, 1952; admitted to bar, 1979, Massachusetts, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts and U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 1981, Ohio, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Brandeis University (B.A., cum laude, 1974); Suffolk University (J.D., 1979). Law Clerk to Hon. Ann Aldrich, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, 1984. Professor, Cleveland Marshall College of Law, 1983-1984, 1996-1997, 2005. Member, Board of Directors, 1987—, President, 1990-1991, American Civil Liberties Union of Cleveland. Life Delegate to Judicial Conference of the Eighth Judicial District of Ohio. Member: Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Chair, Employment Rights Section, 1991-1993; Section Leaders Council, 1992-1994); National Employment Lawyers Association. Fellow, International Society of Barristers; American Board of Trial Advocates. (Also Member, The Simon Law Firm, LLP). Practice Areas: Employment Rights; Discrimination; Harassment; Negligence; Medical Malpractice. Email: Ellen S. Simon |
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